facinorosus

Latin

Etymology

From facinus, facinoris (“crime, wickedness”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fa.ki.noˈroː.sus/, [fäkɪnɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.t͡ʃi.noˈro.sus/, [fät͡ʃinoˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

facinorōsus (feminine facinorōsa, neuter facinorōsum, comparative facinorōsior, superlative facinorōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. criminal, villainous

   Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, scelestus, malus

   • 1766, Clement XIII, Christianae Reipublicae salus, quoted in 1832 by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos

     […] nunquam enim materia subtrahetur erroris, nisi pravitatis facinorosa elementa in flammis combusta depereant.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. atrocious, vicious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	facinorōsus	facinorōsa	facinorōsum		facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsa
Genitive	facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsī		facinorōsōrum	facinorōsārum	facinorōsōrum
Dative	facinorōsō		facinorōsō		facinorōsīs
Accusative	facinorōsum	facinorōsam	facinorōsum		facinorōsōs	facinorōsās	facinorōsa
Ablative	facinorōsō	facinorōsā	facinorōsō		facinorōsīs
Vocative	facinorōse	facinorōsa	facinorōsum		facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsa

Descendants

• → English: facinorous
• → Portuguese: facinoroso

References

• “facinorosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “facinorosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facinorosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.